Justine Whitehill , BACP

Justine Whitehill is a fully qualified therapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom who builds her work on a person-centred foundation, offering deep listening, warmth, empathy and compassion within a non-judgemental, personal environment. She holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings an intuitive, client-led stance that follows each person’s unique needs and direction while integrating other theoretical modalities when that will benefit the work.

Working with people from childhood through later adulthood, she encourages self-exploration, self-expression and personal growth, often finding creative therapies especially effective as part of the process. Her experience includes supporting individuals facing anxiety, depression, stress, low confidence and self-esteem concerns, bullying, anger management and neurodiversity-related challenges, as well as OCD, bereavement and loss, life transitions, relationship and attachment difficulties, identity exploration, trauma, abuse and PTSD.

Justine is open to exploring a wide range of issues and tailors her approach to each client’s circumstances. She frames the therapeutic journey as a courageous and hopeful step toward a more fulfilling life and aims to support and empower people as they work toward meaningful change.

Person-Centred and Creative Approaches for Online Support

Justine draws on a person-centred approach that prioritises the client’s experience, using empathic listening and collaborative exploration to help people understand their feelings and make personal choices. This approach is often helpful for issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and life transitions. She also incorporates creative therapies when appropriate - using arts-based or expressive methods to access emotions and perspectives that can be difficult to name with words alone, which can be especially useful in grief, trauma work and self-exploration.

Alongside these foundations, she adopts an integrative, evidence-informed stance, blending techniques from different therapeutic models to suit the presenting concerns and the client’s way of working. Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Justine works collaboratively with clients to identify what feels most helpful based on their needs, goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility, allowing sessions to fit around work, family and mobility needs. These options can make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists without the constraints of travel, while preserving the relational focus central to the work.